Earlier this week, the Prime Minister announced that Auckland would go from alert level 3, not to alert level 2, but to the Twilight Zone of alert levels: alert level picnic. While the picnic rules are less a science than a liberal art, the gist of alert level picnic seems to be that you can meet people from one other household, maintain social distance, and enjoy some light refreshments - all outdoors. Whatever your two-household-ten-person-bubble is, the Auckland Domain – only a few minutes' walk from the central city – is perfect for you. The square is a thoroughfare for every slice of the central city's diverse residents, visitors and small dogs. Chamanthie Sinhalage-Fonseka is a 30-something PR consultant who has spent the past seven weeks of lockdown living and working from the central Auckland apartment she shares with her husband.

Source: Stuff October 05, 2021 22:30 UTC